Two Embankment Preservation Coalition volunteers have published a memoir that is instructive for our times. Come join us for a discussion of My First Twenty Years, by Leon Adlersteyn. Translated by Irina Bereznaya.

Does your group want to learn more about the 150-year-old Harsimus Branch and its stone Embankment, determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places? Are you interested in a trail network throughout the region? We can tailor a presentation to your interests.

Helene Stapinski, noted author of Five-Finger Discount: A Crooked Family History, will launch her new book, Murder in Matera, here in Jersey City. The Embankment Preservation Coalition and the Italian Educational and Cultural Center are teaming up to sponsor the event, at Casa Colombo, 380 Monmouth Street.

Three Embankment Preservation Coalition board members will describe the history, goals for public re-use, and status of the historic Harsimus Branch. They will also solicit endorsements for a comment to the federal agency that will decide its future. Place: Pershing Field Community Center, 201 Central Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07307.

The Annual Members Meeting of the Embankment Preservation Coalition is set for Sunday, October 16, from 5 to 6:30 pm at Grace Church Van Vorst, 39 Erie Street (entrance on 2nd). Speakers lined up include Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop and Parks Coalition President Laura Skolar. Plus our own slide talk on history and vision for the Harsimus Branch.

Latest Coalition News

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) issued an Addendum to its Cultural Resources Identification (CRID) Report on the Harsimus Branch. STB OEA accepts the New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office's Opinion that the entire Harsimus Branch, not just the Embankment, is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. And OEA launches a third phase of the Board's National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 review.